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DRAMAS. 

A Desperate (iame 3 2 

After Ten ^eary 7 5 

A Life's Revengflik 7 5 

Arrah de Baugh^ 7 5 

Aurora Floyd >.... 7 2 

Auid Robin Gray 2;5c 13 8 

Beauty of L.vons .....11 2 

Bill Dctrick 7 3 

Brae, the Poor House Girl.... 4 4 

Brisandr) of Calabria 6 1 

Beyond Pardon 7 5 

Conn; or. Love's Victory 11 3 

Cleiringthe Mists 5 3 

Dora .-. 5 2 

Driven to the Wall 10 3 

Driven from Home 7 4 

East, Lynnc 8 7 

Emigrant's Daughter 8 3 

Factory Girl 6 3 

Fielding Manor 9 ('> 

(iertie's Vindication 3 .3 

Hal naaanl,25c 10 3 

Heroic Dutchman of '7t) 8 3 

Honrv Grandcn 11 S 

How He Did It 3 2 

Hidden Treasures 4 2 

Hunterof the Alps 9 4 

Hidden Hand ........:. 15- 7 

Li;,'!its and .Shadows ot the 

(4roat Rebeliiun, 25c 10 5 

Lady of Lyon.s 12 5 

Lady Audley's Secret 6 I 

Lost in London '> J 

Manan.1 Wife '2 7 

Maud's PonI 5 3 

Midnitrlit M'srake 6 2 

Millie, the Quadroon 4 

Miriam's Crime 5 2 

Michael Erie 8 3 

Miller of Derwent Water 5. ...2. 

Mistletoe Bough 7 3 

Mountebanks (Tlie) 6 2 

Old Honesty'. 5 2 

Old Phi 's Birthday 5.3. 

Outcast's Wife ! 12 3 

Out on the Wo Id 5 4 

Oath Bound 6 2 

Painter of (TJient 5 3 

Poacher's Doom 8 3 

Phyllis. t!ie Beggar Gir' 6 3 

R'iverses 12 H 

Ruck Allen 5 3 

iSpy of Atlanta. 2 > U 3 

^lmp'e Si':i- 6 .3 

Sweetbrier 11 •' 

Thekla ■. 9 i 

The False Friend 6 1 

The Fatal Hlow .. " 1 

The Forty- Ninors. 4 



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2i2 The Duleli Recruit 2"c 14 3 

92 The Gentleman in Black 9 4 

112 The New Magdalen 8 3 

71- The Reward of Crime 5 3 

105 Through Snow and Sunshine (5 4 

201 Ticket of Leave Man 9 3 

193 Toodles 7 2 

277 The Musical aptain 15 2 

200 Uncle Tom's Cabin 15 7 

121 Will -o'-the- Wisp 9 4 

41 Won at Last 7 3 

192 Zion 7 4 

TEMPERANCE PLAYS. 

73 At Last 1 1 

75 Adrift 5 4 

187 Aunt Dinah's Pledge 6 3 

251 Dot: the viiner's Daughttr... 9 5 

202 Drunkard [The] 13 5 

185 Druiikar's Warning 6 3 

189 Drunkard's Doom 15 5 

181 Fifte n Years of a Drunk- 
ard's Life 13 

183 Fruits of the Wine Cup 6 

104 Lost 

146 Our Awful Aunt 4 

53 Out in the Streets 6 

51 Rescued 5 

59 Saved 2 

102 Turn of the Tide 7 

6! Three Glasses a Day; 4 

62 Ten Nights in a Bar-R<tom... 7 

5S Wreck d _ 9 

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168 A Pleasure Trip 

136 A Legal Holiday 

124 An Afflicted Family 

i:57 ' aught in tlie .Vet..... 

218 Capture! ^....„ 

178 Caste........... 

I!>ii Home ^. ....... 

174 Love's Labor Not List ..... 

149 New Years in N. Y 

-37 Ncrt So Bad .-VftorAll 

2 57 Not Such a F ol as He Looks 

126 Oar Daughters 

2()5 Pug and the B :by 

114 Pas.>»ions 

264 Prof. Ja'!!Os' Experience 

T' a'^hitir Country School 

2'9 Rags and Bottles 

239 ."^cale with Sharps and FUts.. 

221 Solon Shingle 

2u:2 Tw . Bad Bovs 

87 The Bitor Bit 

219 $2,fl;MI Rfwanl 

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The Actors' Scheme; 

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HOW WE GOT OUR DINNER, 

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A DESCEIPTION OF THE COSTUMES-CAST OF THE CHARACTERS?^ 

ENTRANCES AND EXITS-RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE 

PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE 

QV THE STAGE BUSINESS. 

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THE ACTOnS' SCHEME; OR, HOW W.I. COT OUB DliY.Yi^J?. 

CAST OF CHAEACTEES \ A V 

E. Kean FiTZGiBBONS {ail QCtov in distress) J/r. Jos. P. WaUh 

Elias Wayback {proprietor of hotel) Mr. Thomas Jones 

Stumpy {an actor) 3[r. James Allen 

Francis {an actor) Mr. James Dusey 

Daisy {an actress) 3fiss W. Wilson 

EvANGELiNTs {an actress) Miss Edna Lent 

Sally Wayback 3Iiss Tillie Campbell 

Mrs. Wayback Miss Josie Wood 



COSTUMES* 

' Fitzglbbons — White tiojlits; Roman shirt; bolt for ^^■ni«:t; one 
Jloman sandal on left leo:; hio;h shoe on the other; tnll wiiite hat 
with wide band of crape around it; long overcoat and long dark 
hair. 

Elias Wayback — Farmer's suit: hi^h shoes; bald wig and goatee. 

Actors dress as if they had dressed in a hurry. 

Sally — Neat house-dress; red hair. 

Mrs. Wayback — Plain dress ; apron ; red hair 



TIME OF PLATING— THIETY MINUTES. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

-R., means Right; l., Left; e. h.. Right Hand; l. h., Lfift Hand; c. Centre; s. E., 
[2d E.,1 iSecond Entrance; u. k., Upper Entrance; m. r>.. Middle Door; f., the Flat; 
D. F., Door in Flat; e. c, Right of Centre; L. c, Left of Centre. 

R. E. c. c. L. c. L. 

*** The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 



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The Actors' Scheme. 

SCENE— Office of International Hotel, 

Elias AYayback discovered behind the counter, 

Elias Wayhack. (reads) 

My heart is broken, bust in twain ; 

My breath's ez sharp ez a rheumatic pain; 

My love lies left me and sailed o'er the sea, 

And he will never come back to me. 

He had blue eyes and a Roman nose; 

And his voice was like the wind that blows; 

His teeth was white but his heart was not, 

And of my heart he's made a blot. 
— (laying doivn paper) IShakespeare never writ anything like tliat. 
(Sally sings outside) Wal, Sally, my gal, it may be all right to 
have some feller call ye sweet an tender names, but I don't see how 
he's agoin' to smooth yer golden tresses cause your'n is red, all fired 
red, like yer ma's. 

Enter, Mrs. Wayback, l. 

3Irs. Wayhack. See here, Elias, you call Sally an have her come 
an help me git the dinner instead of stayin' in the parlor, sino-incr 
love songs and writin' poetry." You've alius done your best to spile 
that gal. 

Elias. Ain't nuther ! 

Mrs. W. Yes, youhev! sending her to boardin' school, an ah 
that— her head is so full of nonsense she ain't wuth shucks! 

Elias. Wal, ahi't she writ a play? An' ain't the editor of the 
"Squaler" glad to get her poetry. 

Mrs. W. Yes, for nuthin' ! I tell you what it is, Elias Wayback, 
I'm goin' to turn over a new leaf with her and make her help me 
arter this. 

Enter, Sally Wayback, l. 

Sally Wayhack. Papa and mamma, I wish you would cease this 



4 THE ACTOBS' SCHEME. 

unseemly wrangling ! It distracts me so that T cannct collect my 
thoughts. • 

Mrs, W. That's a nice Avay for a gal to talk to hermnr. I'll help 
you to collect your thoughts, {takes her by the ear and marches her 
to the door) Here, miss, you walk into the kitchen and help me git 
the dinner. 

Salhj. But, mamma, I must finish my poem first. 

Mrs. W. You'll help me finish peelin' the taters, that's wiiat 
you'll finish ! 

Elias. Easy, Betsy, easy ! Don't be rough with the gal. 

Mrs, W, Hold your tongue ! 

(slams door in his face as she exits with Sally, l. 

Enter J Fitzgibbons and Compamj, R. 

Fitzgibbons. Ha, do I behold the genial boniface of this com- 
fortable looking hostelry ? 

Elias. Wal, if yer mean the keeper of this ere tavern, ye do. 

Fitz. Ha, 1 thought I could not be mistaken when nature, the 
universal mother, designs one of her ehildren for a oertnln pursuit 
she stamps upon that chi'd's countenance, the ou'ward signs of his 
calling so that all who run mny read; nnd yon, my dear sir, are the 
perambulating personification of the sign — "Good cheer found here 
for man and beast." 

Stumpy, (aside) Especinlly for the beast. 

Fitz. Allow me to mnke myself known. I a-n E. Kean Fitzgib- 
bons, proprietor of the "Fitz Metropolitan All Star Combination." 
''J'hese are the members of my company. 

Elias. Ye run a show troop, eh? 

Fitz. Exactly ! Now, sir, if you have a pen and hik handj'-, I 
will register our names. 

Elias. My darter Sally hes got it in the next room ; wait and I'll 
get it. (exit l. 

Fitz. (in tragic lohisper) Hush! I think we have struck an 
angel in disguise. 

Stumpy. Why ? 

Fitz. Because he has not struck us for the board in advance. 

Stumpy. But he will, he will! 

Francis. But I say, Fitz, how are you going to explain about 
these togs we've got on ? 

Fitz. Patience, my boy, patience ! The inventive faculty that 
has never failed its owner in the worst k'ind of a stick before the 
footlights, will not fail him now. 

Enter, Elias, l., with ink. 

Elias. Here ye are ? 

Fitz. I perceive, my dear sir, that you have been gazing at my- 
self and company aince our arrival, with wonder and surprise. 

Elias. Wal, yes ; I was wondering where in creation ye got all 
the clothes from ? 

Fitz. That's easily explained. In the town in which we appeared 
we were struck by a tornado. 

Stumpy, (aside) In the shape of a disgusted audience. 

Fitz. And this is all the angry elements have left us. Ah, it was 
a rough night — the gods were against us. 

Stumpy, Hooking at andience) They was— they was ! 



THE ACT OB S' SCHEME, S 

Fitz. But to business? How many suits of apartments have 
pou ? 

Elias, Suits of apartments — what's them ? 

Fitz. Why, a number of adjoining rooms consisting of parlor, 
bed-room and bath. 

Elias. Ain't got none, but I've got a nice bacls room on the top 
floor with a door and a winder in it. 

Fitz, I'll take it! {exit l. 

Elias. The rest of you will have to sleep there in a bed and the 
two gals kin take a hall bed-room. ( exit, actors, l., grumbling 

Enter, Mrs. Wayback, l. 

Mrs, W. Wal, what's up now? 

Elias. Got a big lot of boarders, six on 'em jest come. 

Mrs. W. Who be they ? 

Elias. Show folks. 

Mrs. W. Show folks — heap we'll make out o' them ! 

Elias. Hadn't I better go an git some more sassage? 

Mrs, W. No! Did you make them pay in advance?. 

Elias. Wal no; 1 guess it's all right tliouoh! 

Mrs. W. You guess? Wal, don't guess — make 'em pay an then 
you'll be sure. Remember, I won't let 'em into the dining room 
till they've settled their bill ! {exit l. 

Elias. I wonder how that'll strike 'em? 

Enter, Sally, l. 

Solly. Oh, papa! Mamma says you've taken in a show troupe I 

Elias, Yer mar is right for once. 

Sally. Perhaps I could get the manager to read my play. 

Elias. I reckon ye might sell it to him, Yer mar says I must 
make the show folks pay. 

Sally. Ah, slue is so dreadfully common place. I wish she was 
more like the lady dufter in my novel, "The Cruel Step-Mother; or, 
A Young Girl's Struggle for Fame." 

Elias. Never mind, Saily, she knows how to manage things, in- 
cluding yer dad. Now for the show folks ! 

(goes to door — rings bell 
Enter, Actors, l., with a rush. 

Elias. (stopping them at door) Walt a second, my friends I There 
is a little matter I forgot to mention. Show folks pay in advance. 

Fitz, Base menial, do you dare to cast a doubt on our honesty? 

Elias, There is no doubt about the matter, but business is busi- 
ness. 

Fitz. Now, by all the powers of heaven and earth, and shall I 
couple Hel — ena, Montana— but this galls me ! Has it come to this? 

Stumpy, {to actors) The landlord has a level head. 

Sally. Qh, papa, don't be so grasping! I am sure that gentleman 
will liquidate any indebtedness he may incur. 

Fitz. A Daniel come to judgment, {takes her hand) You are 
one, I percieve, whose freshness of youth has not taught her to 
doubt an}- truth and honesty of her fellow beings. 

Sally, Oh, sir — 

Fijz. And this gentleman is your father. Ah, of course— one 
fair daughter whom he loved passing well. 



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Elias. Yes, and she's a right smart girl, if I do say so. She*s 
writ a play. • 

Fitz. Writteii a play? So young and yet so rash— i mean, so 
wise; but I might have known "it! Ah, I am sure your journey up 
the rugged hill of fame has not been a weary climb, but rather a 
rapid flight on eagles wings. 

Sail]), (aside) At last I have found some one to appreciate me! 

Elias. Perhaps ye might like to buy the play? 

Fitz. Of course ; bring hither the child of thy brain. 

Sally, (aside) Oh, what a nice man! (exit l. 

Fitz. {aside to compamj) This is our salvation. I see our way 
clear to fame and three square meals. 

Stumpy. But, Fitz, don't read the play before dinner. 

Fitz. Trust me — I have no stomach for the deed. 

Enter, Sally, l. 

5 y. Here it is, sir ! ( hands him mss 

jimnpy. (aside — imitating Fitzgibboxs) You that have tears to 
ynad, prepare to shed them now. 

Fitz. (opening play — reads) "A Tale of Blood." Ah, a strong 
title! (reads) ''A tragedy in ten acts — thirty-six scenes. Act first, 
scene first — a gloom j^ forest; enter, Marion, the man of blood. 
Marion :— 'What foul fiend is it that urges me on to dip my hand in 
human gore? In childhood, my aged grandmother angered me and 
I slew her; me kind and faithful nurse thwarted some babyish 
whim and her I slew. Father, mother, sisters and brothers — all 
have been sacrificed to my mad thirst for blood.' " 

Stumpy, (shivering in mock terror) Oh, p-p-1-e-a-s-e don't read 
anv more ! It gives me the horrors. 

■Elias. High faultin', ain't it? 

Fitz. It is marvelous — the work of a transcendent genius; but 
the price you put on this incomprehensible — I mean incomparable 
W' ork ? 

Stumpy, (aside) Weigh it — paper rags are worth half cent a 
pound. 

Elias. Three dollars would not be too much, would it? 

Fitz. Three dollars! One hundred dollars would come nearer 
the mark ! 

Elias. (aside to Sally) Take him up, Sally, take him up ! 

Fitz. But stay! I have a better scheme than that. I will pro- 
duce the play here in your city and then you can see for yourself 
what it is worth and your father shall pay all the bills for the pro- 
duction and board myself and company, free of charge. 

Sally. The very thing ! 

Elias. I'm afraid your mar — 

Sally. I'll call her. (going to door l ) Mamma, come here a 
moment. 

Enter, Mrs. Wayback, l. 

Mrs. W. What's the matter ? Can't you make the show folks 
pay? 

FUz. Permit me, madam, to grasp your hand, (takes her hand) 
The mother of such a daughter as yours, must be a lady of superior 
mind and education. 

Mrs. W. (snatching her hand away) Don't try none of your soft 



THE ACTOnS' SCHEME. 7 

sotlder on me, young man i If you and your troop can't par, you 
must pack. 

Fitz. On the contrary, it is our intention to compensate you a 
hundred fold but not with vile lucre alone. Through the efforts of 
myself and company, the name of Wayback shall be placed in the 
annals of fame. 

3Irs. W. Nonsense! Sir, what do you take us for? Pay your 
monr-y or else you must get. 

Fitz. Why, my dear madam, do you mean to insinuate that I, 
the great and renowned actor, could not pay such a small amount 
of money. Why, my dear madam, I would not carry such a small 
amount in the corner of my vest pocket ! 

Elias, Now look here, Betsy, don't get so excited about it! Why. 
they're all right! 

Mrs. W. No, Elias, I won't have it ! They must pay or else go ! 

Elias. Wal, they can stay here. I am boss of this ere tavern and 
don't you feririt it ! Now go and git the dinner for 'em. 

3Irs. W. Wal, I tell you they don't come in unless they pay and 
that settles it ! I'll go and put pison in the food if I do ! 

(^hangs the door as she exits with Sally, l. 

Fitz. Why, my dear sir, I cannot understand what she means ! 

Elias. That's all right, sir, don't mind her; she very often gets 
those tits. 

Fitz. (aside) By the Gods, we have won the heart of the old 
man! (aloud) Now, sir, tell us where we can go to have dinner; 
we are very hungry after our long jonrney. 

Elias. (showing them door n.) Dinner's all readv, my friends; 
you can leave your old traps here. 

Fitz. (loudly) By the Gods, we eat at last ! 

(exit actors, r. 

Elias. Wal, of all the harum scarum chaps I ever saw, they beat 
them out! Wal, I don't care anyhow, so long as Sally hes sold the 
play. Anything to please the gal— that's all I care about! Betsv 
got so wild, I'll be goll darned if I hardly ku'^.v what I was sayiii' 
to her! (Sally heard singing outside) Wal, Sallv, my gal, I don't 
doubt but you are happy this evening by the way your voice rings. 
You are a mighty good singer, indeed, when the rest are asleep. 

Enter, FixzarBBONS and Company, r. 

Fitz. Now, sir, that we have eaten a good meal, we will amuse 
you by doing something in the line of singing and playing. 

(specialties introduced by the company 

Elias. Wal, I declare, if you folks don't come up to the times I 
don't know w^hat to say ! ' 

Fitz. Well, sir, what is your idea of my company? Of course, 
this is only to entertain you. 

Elias. (acic/e) Betsy'il entertain me when I go up stairs, you 
bet ! 

Fitz. (aside to company) Well, don't you think we have played 
a good game to-day? I hope it will be as good to-morrow; if not 
we must do something to get along. * 

Stumpy, (aside) Well, Fitz, what are you going to do about the 
play ? I hope you are not going to put it on. 

^ Fritz, (aside) Don't you fret; we will git out of this all rio-ht 
If you do what I say. To-night when all are in bed, we will fake 



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French leave by the window, and let the landlord find some one else 
to run his play for him. • 

Elias. Wal, show folks, when will you put the play on for me? 
Bo you think you will be able to put it on this week? 

Fitz. ^ Well, sir, we will — or at least I think we will be able to 
play it in about two days more. I was just looking over the play 
and discovered that we did not have enough people to fill the 
cast. 

Elias. Wal, if it's short of men that ye are, I will do my best to 
help you out, and as my gal is kinder stuck on show business, she 
will do the same. I think it is about time for me to go up stairs aa 
Betsy wants to see me. Alter that we will come down and hev a 
good time. {exit l. 

Fitz. Kow let's enjoy ourselves before we leave, and, Daisy, you 
go up and bring down the baggage and let's be off! 

{while Daisy is gone, they toss everything about and exeunt, R. 

Enter, Elias and Mrs. Wayback, l. 

Elias. Now we are going to have a good time! {looks around in 
astonishment) Why, w^hat does all this mean? Where hes the show 
folks gone to ? 

Mrs. W. {looks at him— runs at him and shakes him) Didn't I 
tell yer thet ye were doing a foolish thing to let 'em in, but you 
would not listen to me I Now you hev what you desarve ! 

Elias. {takes her hand) Wal, arter all, Betsy, I do believe you 
now, cause I noticed them talkin' over in the corner, and I hev 
larned a lesson fer once. It was the actors' scheme to get a dinner, 

CUKTAIN. 

The Ejsd, 



^mBs^ Plays— CnntinuBii. 



FARCES & COMEDIETTAS. 

Aar-u-ag-uus 2 1 

Actor :uid Servant I 1 

A Caiiitai Match S 2 

ATexan Motlier-in-Law 4 

A Dav Well Spent 7 5 

A Regular Fix 2 4 

Ahuiaingly Suspicious 4 .1 

An Awfi.l Criminal 3 o 

An Unwelcome Return .'5 1 

APeto the Public 4 2 

A Uomant c Attachment 3 3 

A Thrilling Item 3 1 

A Ticket ol Leave 3 2 

Betsey Baker 2 2 

Better Half 5 2 

Black vs. White 4 2 

Captain Smith - 3 3 

Cheek Wiii Win 3 

Cupi s Capers 4 4 

Der Two Surttrises 1 J 

De-'ce is in Him 5 1 

Did Dream it 4 3 

Domi'Siic Felicity 1 I 

Dutch Prize Fitihter 3 U 

I);;tchyvs. Nigger 3 « 

Eh? W at Did You Say 3 1 

Everybody Astonished 4 ti 

Fooling with the Wronj; Man 2 1 
Freezing a Mother-in-Law... 2 1 

Fun in a Post OlRce 4 2 

Family Discipline <j 1 

Family Jnrs •") 2 

(toosb with the (lolden f]g|fs.. o 3 

(Jive Me Mv Wife 3 3 

Han.s the Dutch J. P 3 1 

Hans BrummersCa'e -i 

Hash : 4 2 

H. M.S. Plum 1 1 

How Sister Pa.vey got her 

Child Biptiz d 2 

How She ha- Own Way 1 

How He Popped the Quest'n. 1 

How t > Tame .M-in-Law 4 

.,, How Stout Your Getting 5 

47 In tlie Wrong B x 3 

9.T Tn the Wrong CL thes 5 

11 John Smith 5 

W .Jumbo Jum 4 

S-J Ivill n.; Time 1 

Kittie' Wedding Cake 1 

Lick Skillet Wedding 2 

L:uiderbach's Little- Surprise 3 

Lodgings for Two 3 

Matrimonial Bliss 1 

Match for a Mother-in-L:iw.. 2 

More Blunders thin one 4 

Mother's Fool 6 

Mr. Hudson's Tiger Hunt 1 

Mv Heart's in Highlands 4 



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Prec'ous Betsey... 
My Turn Next.. 



M' Wif«'- Relations 4 



NO. X F. 

186 My Day and Now-a-Dayi 1 

273 My Neighbor's Wife 3 3 

44 Obedience 1 2 

244 Old Clothes 3 

.« On the Sly 3 2 

216 Ot!>ello 4 1 

57 Paddy Miles' Boy 5 2 

217 Paten Washing Machine 4 1 

165 Persecuted Dutchman..... 6 3 

J95 Poor Pilicody 2 3 

258 Prof. Boncs'L«test Invention 5 

159 Quiet Family 4 4 

171 Rough Diamond 4 3 

180 Ripples 2 

2()7 Room 44 ....2 

48 Sch' aps 1 1 

1.38 Sewing Circle of Priod 5 

115 S. H. A. M. Pinafore 3 3 

55 Somebody's Nobody 3 2 

245 Sports on a Lark 3 

2::!2 Stage Struck Yankee 4 2 

2s8 Strawberry Shortcake 2 

1:70 Slick and Skinner 5 

I S'asher and (Jrasher 5 2 

137 Taking the Census 1 1 

40 Th t Mysterious B'dle 2 2 

24.5 Ticket Taker 3 

38 T e Bewitched Clo.«et 5 2 

l;U The Cigarette 4 2 

Ktl The C .ming Man 3 1 

167 Turn Him Out _3 2 

6S The Sham Professor... 4 

54 TheTwoT.J's 4 2 

2.");^ The Best Cure .'. 4 1 

28 I hirtv-three Next Birthday.. 4 2 

142 Tit for Tat 2 1 

276 The Printer and His Devils.. 3 1 

21)3 Trials of a Country Editor.... 6 2 

7 The Won-lerful Telephone.... 3 1 

269 Unjust .Justife .' 6 2 

213 Vermont Wool Dealer 5 3 

151 W\anteda Husliand 2 1 

56 Wooing L'nder DiflBcultie 5 3 

70 Which will he Marry 2 8 

V.io Widower's Trills — 4 5 

147 Waki g Him Up... 1 2 

155 Why they Joined the Re- 
becca-! 4 

111 Y^ankee Duelist 3 1 

157 Ya kee Peddler 7 3 

ETHIOPIAN FARCES. 

204 Academy of Stars 6 

15 An Unhappy Pair..: 1 1 

172 Black Shoemaker.. .V 4 2 

98 Black Statue 4 2 

222 Colored Sen.itors 3 o 

214 Chops ; .- "...■ 3 q 

145 Cuff's Luck 2 1 

190 Crimps Trip 5 q 

249 Double F]lecti n 9 i 

27 Fetter Lane to Gravesend...- 2 q 

230 Hamlet the Dainty 6 i 

153 Haunted House 2 o 



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24 Handy Andy - 2 

236 Hypochondriac The 2 

247 Incompatibility of Tempar... 1 2 

77 Joe's Vis t 2 1 

88 Mischievous Nigger 4 2 

256 Midnight Colic 2 1 

128 Musical Darkey 2 

259 Nobody's Moke ~... 5 2 

90 No Cure No Pay 3 1 

61 Not as Deaf as He Seems 3 

234 Old Dad's Cabin 2 1 

150 OldPorapey 1 1 

109 Other People's Children 3 2 



134 Pomp's Pranks ~ 2 

177 Quarrel ome Servants 3 

96 Rooms to Let ~~ 2 

107 School ~ 6 

133 Seeing Bo8ting.~-....» - 3 

179 Sham Doctor ~. 3 

94 16,000 Years Ago 3 

25 Sport with a Sportsman 2 

92 Stage Struck Darkey 2 

241 Struck by Lightning 2 

10 Stocks Up, Stocks Down 2 

&4 That Boy Sam 3 

2.52 That Awful Carpet Bag 3 



122 The Select School 5 




118 The 

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108 Those Awful Boys 5 

4 Twain's Dodging ^-».. 3 



Twain's Dodging ^^„„ 3 

197 Tricks ~ 5 

198 Uncle Jeff. 5 

170 U.S. Mail _ 2 

216 Vice Versa 3 

206 Villkens and Dinah 4 

210 Virginia Mummy 6 

203 Who Stole the Chickens 1 

205 William Tell 4 

156 Wig-Maker and His Servants 3 

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215 On to Victory 

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250 Festival of Days 

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260 Cousin John's Album.. 



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